that's done at the election. you know, the difference between 100% and a 54% random sample in this situation is statistically not that much. it's almost trivial. >> suarez: cindy, if that margin does hold up, as both of you suggest it's likely to do, is maduro a weakened president because of the closeness of the election? the president of the national assembly, one of his rivals, said the results oblige us to make profound self-criticism. a divided country. >> it's a very divided country. i think that as a result of the narrow margin, nicolas maduro has nowhere the mandate he had been hoping for. last october president chavez won that election with close to 11% of the popular vote. all of the polls going into these last days, you know, before the election show that maduro continued to enjoy a reduced but still a 6 or 7 rcent lead. to have that down to the point th the oppositions calng for a recount because they don't trust, you know, the final count shows that the country is far more divided and there were far m